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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
At that time my virtue slumbered; my evil, kept awake by
ambition, was alert and swift to seize the occasion; and
the thing that was projected was Edward Hyde. Hence,
although I had now two characters as well as two
appearances, one was wholly evil, and the other was still
the old Henry Jekyll, that incongruous compound of
whose reformation and improvement I had already
learned to despair. The movement was thus wholly
toward the worse.
Even at that time, I had not yet conquered my aversion
to the dryness of a life of study. I would still be merrily
disposed at times; and as my pleasures were (to say the
least) undignified, and I was not only well known and
highly considered, but growing toward the elderly man,
this incoherency of my life was daily growing more
unwelcome. It was on this side that my new power
tempted me until I fell in slavery. I had but to drink the
cup, to doff at once the body of the noted professor, and
to assume, like a thick cloak, that of Edward Hyde. I
smiled at the notion; it seemed to me at the time to be
humorous; and I made my preparations with the most
studious care. I took and furnished that house in Soho, to
which Hyde was tracked by the police; and engaged as
housekeeper a creature whom I well knew to be silent and
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